dpa NEWS SCHEDULE for MONDAY, MAY 13, 1200 GMT

GERMANY-POLITICS-EXTREMISM

Germany's intelligence services can classify the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected extremist group, a higher regional court rules on appeal. Moving

\- Unknown perpetrators throw stones at German far-right official's home, moved under GERMANY-CRIME-POLITICS-AFD

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GEORGIA-DEMONSTRATION-RUSSIA-POLITICS

A law that has sparked mass protests in Georgia faces its final reading before parliament as part of a government effort to curb foreign influence on the country. Moving

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ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

As Israel marks Memorial Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war in Gaza was a battle for Israel's continuing existence. Moving

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UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA

The Ukrainian military concedes that Russian forces are making progress in their offensive in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Moving

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GERMANY-DIPLOMACY-NORDICS

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Sweden to hold talks with the prime ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Moving

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ELECTIONS-LITHUANIA

The future head of state in Lithuania will be decided in a run-off election in a fortnight, after Sunday's poll didn't produce a conclusive victor. Moved